Mark B & Blade United Kingdom
Biography
Producer Mark B and MC Blade hail from South London, UK. Their debut, The Unknown is a concept album (without arty pretensions) aiming to celebrate home-grown hip-hop. Conceived as a call to arms, Mark B and Blade's collaboration deserve plaudits outside US comparison. Alongside, Big Dada's Gamma they have mounted a rap attack on hip-hop's dumbed-down status quo with an album that is lyrically and sonically superb. Although the subject matter may be monotonous for most (the under-appreciation of UK hip-hop), the delivery certainly is not.
